Award of Excellence

The project started with a simple question: How do we design a house that will last a hundred years or more, and accommodate multiple generations of family…

"The solar panels and form are seamlessly integrated, signalling that the sustainability agenda matters as much as the program inside."

"This project brings together the elements of heritage, industrial fabric, a river wall system and an urban system in a constrained but rational package."

"This project is small in size, but exciting in its larger implications."

"Thoughtfully detailed with an innovative structural solution of hybrid wall-columns that allow for longer spans—a prototype system that could have impacts far…

"It works at the almost-sublime scale of the speedway and celebrates the event of the Grand Prix."

"The new-build portion is working extremely hard to leverage as much public space, light, interconnection between the levels, and green space as possible to…

"The plan is loaded with surprises and delights, delivering a maximum amount of joy, light, and access to nature within a rigorous framework."

"This project has an ambitious formal organization that responds in part to the campus quadrangle. From a user point of view, it will be a really interesting…

"This is a very pure and austere project but not unrelentingly so. It is well-controlled and interesting."

"This project deals with this beautiful challenge of daylighting a home in a suburban neighbourhood while still providing privacy."

"A surprising and refreshing house that takes as a starting point a foreign cultural reference, then adapts it to the Canadian landscape and context with a…

"A very nice project, particularly in terms of creating a series of layered spaces which will result in an animated public realm."

"This project represents a sophisticated and contemporary renovation and addition to an existing heritage property."

"A striking architectural response to a harsh environment."

"It’s an elegant, choreographed resolution to the site’s topography."